Some hospitals are canceling surgeries due to coronavirus, leaving some patients, including cancer patients due to have cancerous tissue removed, in the lurch, The New York Times reports.
More than one expert has warned that the worst of coronavirus is yet to come, and that the U.S. health care system, already strained as it is, may not be able to bear the weight of all of the patients who will soon be needing life-or-death care.
In the mean time, hospitals need to preserve their precious and ever-decreasing stores of supplies, as well as beds and employees’ time, for the expected crush of coronavirus patients.
In some places, particularly hard-hit and densely-populated cities like New York and Seattle, that means that elective surgeries, or in some cases very-much-necessary surgeries, are off until further notice.
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